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Wakesurfing is an American invention (read How to Wakesurf, if you haven’t yet caught the craze), and the 2017 Super Air Nautique GS20 is an all-American boat. Built in Orlando, Florida, wake surfing and Nautique boats go together like baseball and Louisville Slugger, or open highways and Harley-Davidson. So it might seem a little strange that our First Look Video of the new GS20 comes to us from a boat show in Dusseldorf, Germany. After watching it however, we’re pretty sure you’ll understand why.

Avid boaters who live on the coast often have a difficult time imagining that there’s much of a boating scene inland, but the truth of the matter is that several Midwest states trail very closely behind states like Florida in terms of registered boats: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Illinois are all top inland boating contenders. And according to Discover Boating, Michigan beats out even the Sunshine State, having 1,000,337 registered boats to Florida’s 922,597. Thanks to freshwater lakes and impoundments, finding a place to have fun on a boat in the middle of the country is quite easy.

When it comes to tech, units like the Lowrance Elite 9 Ti double your purchasing power. It wasn’t very long ago that you had to spend several thousand dollars to get a unit with a nine-inch screen. It wasn’t too many years back that you had to spend thousands to get a unit with integrated WiFi and/or BlueTooth. It wasn’t so far back that you had to spend thousands to get a CHIRP fishfinder, much less one with side- and down-scanning capabilities, built right into its brain. And to get a unit with all this stuff? You’d be laying out many thousands of dollars.

If you took note of the Bavaria R40 Flybridgeintroduced at last year’s Cannes Boat Show, but you were hoping for a similar yet sportier model, the wait is over. Our European correspondent Alex Smith found the all-new Bavaria R40 Coupe at the Dusseldorf show. Now, let's have a quick first look at the 2017 Bavaria R40 Coupe, check out the video below.

Captaining a pontoon boat isn’t exactly complex in comparison to captaining a V-hull, but there are some distinct differences. That’s why we put together this short video, which outlines three simple but important things all pontooners need to know. And here's the video tutorial of 3 tips for captaining a pontoon boat. Check it out, below.

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Well! Regal’s new 29 OBX is a trendsetter that capitalizes on the benefits of outboard power. Walking the docks at this year’s Miami International Boat Show, a specific trend among runabouts and small cruisers was evident and undeniable: outboard power. And now take a look at below video for further understanding.

The 2018 414 CC is one apex predator of a fishing boat, the largest ever built by Mako Marine. Remember Mako, the legendary boat builder that used to dominate the center console market? Well, after a somewhat lengthy period of allowing their canyon-capable lineup to go sort of stale—concentrating on smaller fishing boats instead—last year the builder began to blow loose the offshore cobwebs. It introduced the 334 CC, an extremely capable angling machine that was well-received by many.

The 2018 414 CC is one apex predator of a fishing boat, the largest ever built by Mako Marine. And this year Mako went thermonuclear. It launched the 414 CC—the largest boat built in the company’s 50-year history—a fishing machine we just had to take a peek at.